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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
TRAIN ROBBERS.

AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 12.-lnforma'
ton just received from Manchaca
is to the effect that the two train
robbers supposed to be surrounded
in pasture four miles from Man
chaca never entered the enclosure
at all, and the officers found they
had been given the slip. Instead
of going into the enclosure they
succeeded in getting into a creek
bottom, down which they travelled
several miles, and then hid in the
brush until about sun down, when
then approached farm house and
bought two horses and saddles,
hats and shoes, saying that they
were cattle buyers and had been
robbed. They mounted their steeds
and rode off in an easterly direction,
leading to the dense bottoms in
Geaguas, where it is generally be-
lieved they have friends. Another
posse secretly left here, hoping to
intercept them, and later got on
their track twenty miles from where
they had cut some wire fences.
Since then nothing has been heard
from them. The Governor has
notified the sheriffs of the counties
east to take to the fields and keep
sharp lookout. He is confident
that they are the leaders of the
train robbers gang and that their
capture will break it up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
COURTS AND CONGRESSNEN.

The Congressman and the judges
seem TO be having a monkey and a
parrot of a time generally. On the
heels of Senator Rlddleberger's af-
fair at Woodstock, Judge McGinnls
of the State Circuit Court in session
at Huntington, fined ex.COngress.
man Eustace Gibson $50 and sent
him to jail tor ten days for having
intimated in court that the Judge
was open to bribery and afterwards
applied an Opprobious epithet to
him on the street. The Judge af-
forwards released Mr.. Gibson from
Jail, but refused to reduce the fine.
Speakin" of Senator Riddleber.
ger, the representative of the Vim.
dicatOr who visited Woodstock a
few days ago, obtained at least one
piece of information that will be
new TO the readers of the Washing
ton correspondence scattere d
through the country last winter
That correspondence had prepared
him to see in Senator Riddleberger
a bloated sOt on the verge Of de-
mentia. On the contrary he saw
the same Riddleberger who used to
worry the Democracy of the Valley
so in 1881; keen, chirpy and genial,
aud as vOluble as be was during
the hot days of REIMBURSEMENT, max.
ing up in hale.fellOw- well-met man.
ner for the absence of that frigid
Senatorial dignity patented by Ed
munds of Vermont, and which it
seems Riddleberger's special mis-
sion TO shock. Stanton indicator.
Yes, brother Tinsley, and the rea-
son Riddleberger gets such a good
share of abuse from some OF these
so.called correspondents is because
of his motion to look into their priv
ileges, and avOwed purpose to in.
vestiga'e why and how some of
them have been carried on the rolls
on pay without any work but puff
ing officials. Two Of them we well
know, AMI in a few months you
shall know them. A very quiet in
vestigation has tathOmed the mys-
terry, but report must first be
made i'm December.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
pLUGGED WITH FIFTEEN RIFLE BALLS.

Jack Turner, the desperate lead.
err of a gang of desperadoes that
bave terrorized Bell and adjoining
counties in Kentucky for nearly
twenty years, is dead. He was
known to be the murderer OF five
men, his father.in.law, brother-in-
law, Marshal George Thomas and
two others. For his last crime, the
killing of Thomas, who, with a posse
of brave men, went to the house oil
Marsh Turner, Jacks brother, to
effect the formers arrest on charge
of murder, he was arrested after
considerable trouble, and conveyed
to Pineville Jail, and none OF his
band of desperadoes daring to bail
him out, he put up the required
bond himself in cold cash. Last
Saturday as he was passing along
the street opposite the Monroe
House six men, supposed members
of the Sowders faction, which has
been at war with the Turner's for
years, opened FIRE on the desperate,
and when he was picked up fifteen
Winchester rifle balls were found
in his head and neck and a heavy
load of buckshot in his side. The
Monroe House, at the back of which
flows the Cumberland river, formed
a convenient means of escape for
the avenging party, and they float.
ed down the stream for some dis.
lance and made for the woods, and
as yet not one OF them has been
captured. AS there are numerous
members of the Turner family IN
this vicinity, the end of the lighting
IS not yet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
ANGELS Seen IN Tennessee.

The following is from a Tennessee
paper: On last Saturday evening
about shutdown, on the Sterling
johnson place, two and a.balf miles
southeast of Milan, six angels were
seen to fly down into the yard Of
Mrs. Wood, a widow. 1t seems
that Mrs. Wood was very low with
sickness, aud several ladies we're
present attending to the wants oil
the sick, when a noise in the yard
attracted their attention. Upon
looking out Of the window they
saw an angel, aud in a moment
more it was joined by five Others
They we're there only few min.
utes and took their flight, flying
straight up until lost to View.-
They, with the exception of wings,
we're in the form and shape of man,
with clear cut and finely formed
features, and we're clothed in gar
ments of pure aud spotless white,
while a halo of heavenly light en-
circled their heads. The above
was told to us for the truth, and is
vouched for by the ladies who we're
in attendance upon Mrs. Wood
Be that as it may, 1t caused consid-
cradle excitement in that neighbor-
hood. Wonder if they weren't buz.
yards after the corpse ED.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16

Georgia has a handsome Govern
or's house and is building a fine
State Capitol. She has also, says
a asst. Lonis Globe Democrat
writer, a Governor who will grace
such surroundings. General John
b. Gordon is a man who does not
have to be pointed out a second
time to a stranger. The erect fig
ure, the fine poise OF the head, the
cut of mustache and chin whiskers,
the clear, steady eyes, the high
forehead and brushed back bair 20
TO make up a whole which is not
easily forgotten. And when this
figure is clothed in a suit of gray
from head TO foot, the frock coat
closely buttOned, bunch Of rose
uds on the left lapel, you have
General John b. Gordon, once the
dashing Confederate leader, now
the Governor OF Georgia. The
hair and the goatee are strongly
tinged with gray, and the face is
deeply furrowed, but the figure is
rs erect as ever and the tongue
jn.t as quick as in youth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
FROM SENATE JOURNAL 1892.

Mr.. Riddleberger offered the fol-.
lowing JOINT resolutions, which lie
over under the rulG:.
Resolved 1.-THE House of Delegates
concurring), That the senators from
Virginia be INSTRUCTED, and her rep.
resentatives in congress be request
ed, by this General Assembly, TO
give their earnest support to the
bill introduced In the Senate Of the
United States, by Hon. Henry w.
Blair, entitled q bill to aid IN
the establishment and temporary
support of common schools.
Resolved, That the governor of
the commonwealth be requested to
transmit a copy Of the foregoing
resolution to the governors of the
other states, asking their co.opera-
ton by presenting this important
subject of federal legislation to the
attention of their several General
Assemblies.
On motion of Mr.. Riddleberger,
the rules being suspended there
for the Joint resolutions were
taken up; and the question on
agreeing thereto, being put, was
determined in the aflirmative-ayes
90; noes 1.-Mr. Glasgow.
Notwithstanding these plain in
structions passed By both houses
of the general assembly which elect
ed Malone a L. S. Senator, that
gentleman went to Washington and
opposed the Blair bill when il was
put upon its hazardous trial the
first time in the 4Sth Congress-
Riddleberger had been elected IN
the meantime and supported it.
He conferred with Malone in his
committee room by request of
Blair, and was emphatically told
that the DILL would accomplish
nothing but to give bourbons
money to be used for campaign
purposes. Malone is marked CAB
sent" at roll call, but he was there
all the same. Since then he has
become almost the sole proprietor
of the bill, as appears from his re-
cent autobiography issued as a
campaign document. The General
went valiantIy to the breastwOrks
on this measure after the enemies
of it had retired in disorder before
the sentiment of the people in its
favor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
One Plank More.

Brother Elan, of the Roanoke
Leader, tells the Democrats that
they left out one plank in theil
platform, no doubt by mistake
Here is the plank:
11th-"And finally, nevertheless
and Notwithstanding all the forego
ing, it is hereby proclaimed, that
if Republican convention assem-
BILE and shall make any declaration
with respect to the State debt, OF
any other subject, different from
what we have set forth, we solemn
ly acauiesce In and adopt the same
and wholly repeal and take back
anything herein that may conflict
with the said Republican declara'
tions-it being our earnest inten.
ton not to be left by any party so
inferior to US in wealth, virtue and
intelligence"
Good .-ROdnoke San.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16

yes"
GAN that is in mortal sin will 60
to bellT
eyes"
"Well," said the brother, "when
you get before the great bar Of God,
the Lord will reach out for that
cloak and pull it off you, and you'll
have to go to hell with your sins
because all that's pure will 60 into
heaven, and all that's mortal will
go into hell"
Every real Christian wants to be
better than he is, and he wants
to be just as good as Gods grace
can make him. One brother told
me since / have been here:
"I've tried mighty hard to be a
Democrat aud a Cristlan, and I'll
TESS up it's a mighty hard job
mighty hard job" Laughter.
Well, now, that's what he said.
1 done quit trying. He says It's
that way still. That was why /
quit. He says it gets no better
fast. can stand up here, and /
can denounce a hundred things in
this country, but some men are
mighty treacherous in their politics,
and that st. Louis Republican said
yesterday morning that Sam Small
ought to be in the penitentiary for
stuffing ballot.boxes down South.
But if every man in the Demo.
cratic party 10 st. Louis had been
put in the penltentiary that stuffed
ballot.boxes, my, my, wouldn't
they have to broaden the place
out Laughter. Why, this fellow
talks like he was a little innocent
angel that had never heard of the
Democratic party stuffing ballot.
boxes before. reckon he has just
dropped out of some other sphere
and don't know the crowd he is in
with. Laughter. Some OF you old
Democrats get a mighty sickly
smile on your faces about now. !
wish / could gag you. Smiles. |
tell you, my countrymen, the NOR.
ais of Cbristianity,forbld this ballot.
box stufiing and this scheming and
rascality Of politicians all over this
country. When you Democrats
buy votes you know 1t is criminal.
You Republicans buy votes, and
you know it, and the man that buys
them is no better than the man
who sells them. And you all ought
to he dumped out of decent, moral
and respectable society into the
same disgrace and the same he'll.
How a decent, upright Christian
can walIow around in the slums Of
parties in this country and still
claim to be a Christian Is the pro.
foundest mystery IN this world to
me. And you know it, sir; you
know that these parties Of the devil
90 round through this country as
they do, with their jugs and their
barrels and demijohns; the object
of the whole thing is to buy votes
and to carry the elections. won't
run with any such gang.
Whenever the Temperance party
gets their bottle and money aud
gets to buying votes, / am going to
either kick them or they have got
to kick me out. There's going 20
be some kicking done, anyhow, and
Pm a pretty good kicker myself.
/ mean to be such a kicker that
they will think / sm like Josh Bill
ings' mule. He said if he had to
preach a mules funeral sermon he
would stand at its head while he
was doing 1t !; that he didn't want
to be tangled up with the business
end of dead mule. Laughter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
CHARGED With BIgaHy.

Last night woman named Mary
Love, who said she came from
Prince William county, went to
the station house and procured a
warrant for the arrest Of her hus'
band, Phineas Love, on the charge
of bigamy. Love was arrested
when he reached this city from
Washington aud was taken to the
station house. This morning at
the trial it was ascertained that
Love had been living for some some
time with a woman named Della
Raney, a short distance from this
city, but there was no evidence that
he had been married asecond time,
90 the warrant was withdrawn.
He stated that he would not live
with his wife, as she had neglected
him when he was sick, but agreed
to support her and his children.
On this promise he was discharged
from custody. Alexandra Gdsette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
LIQUOR TO Be PAID FOR.
RHODE ISLAND LIQUOR MEN SUE
FOR HALF A MILLION
DAMAGES.

DAMAGES.
The antl-temperance men OF
Providence, Rhode Island, have
made a decisive onslaught upon
the PrOhibitionists in a way that
carries CONSERVATION to the I'M
fortunate officials who have been
solely trying to do their duty in en-
forcing existing laws. AT noon on
Wednesday Chief Constable Curtis,
with several of his deputies, was
served with a writ in a suit of dam
ages for 50, 200 each for illegally
destroying the property of Charles
Motion, a liquor dealer. The prop.
erty, consisting Of fifty barrels of
beer, was seized a month ago while
being driven through streets on a
dray. AS Motion refused to give
security, but demanded jury trial,
the beer was con6scated and de-
strOyed. This sort of thing has
occurred q number of times, and
during the past year 100000
worth of liquor has been poured
out into the cutters. After vainly
trying to compromise, the liquor
dealers combined for protection,
and during the past week have
been planning an attack on the
government. They decided last
night all over the state to make
the attack today, which consists
OF nothing more than entering suit
individually against every one Of
the probationary officers. Motion
started the ball in this city, and By
nightfall 500 suits for damage,
aggregating 1000, we're entered
in this city alone, and elsewhere
proportionally. Security had to
be gwen in each case, and there
was lively work getting bondsmep.
The Prohibition officers are para
lyzed, and have sent in their resig-
nations, saving that they don't
want such responsibility on their
shoulders.
The suits are entered on the
grounds that the law authorizing
such seizures is unconstitutional,
because the liquor law says that a
man must give bond for the safety
Of his seized liquors, while the
Constitution SAYS no mans prop
erty or rights shall be appropri-
ated or invaded until he is proved
guilty by a competent jury OF
thirteen. The law officers should
have put the seized stuff IN a bond
ed warehouse, and not destroyed it
until the owner was found guilty.
All the raided men prayed jury
trial, and, refusing to give bond,
their liquor was destroyed.
The high sheriff has, in view OF
the terrible damage the state might
be responsible for If the raids con-
tinue, ordered that all prosecutions
of the liquor law be temporarily
suspended throughout the state
until the Motion case is finished
The liquor men are jubilant. The
law now virtually stands repealed,
and if their suit IS won, the city
will have to put up over S5OO,OOO
to satisfy their demands. AS in
Maine, prohibition fails to prohibit
IN Rhode Island.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
COUNTY CONVENTION.

The chairman of the County Re
publican Committee, Mr.. John L.
Keller, has requested the entire
committee TO convene here on to-
morrow. Saturday. 1t is to be
hoped there will be a full attend
ance. and that they will conclude
TO call a convention to meet at the
earliest day at which representa-
nyes from Page and Shenandoah
can be gotten together at New
Market. 1t has been the custom
for long time to meet at that point
and select a candidate for the State
Senate. and at the same time the
delegates from Shenandoah choose
a candidate for the House Of Dele
rates. The work should be quick,
as little time will remain 30 the
candidates after the action of the
convention.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16

The Philadelphia Press of last
Thursday has the following on Sam
Small:
The Rev. Sam Small, of Georgia,
who is now making prohibition
speeches in Missouri, says of the
Democratic party: 81 belonged
to it; 1 studied its principles; l
worked for it; spent money for it ;
drank whisky for it, and he'd for
it. | have stolen ballot boxes for
1t; 7 have stuffed ballot boxes for
it | did all it told me to do and it
took me within half a mile of hell"
Without pausing to pass upon the
propriety of Brother SmalPs Ian.
guage we may remark that when
he reformed and resolved not to
travel that other half a mile the
Georgia Democracy lost a mighty
valuable member.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
JAILED LUNATIcS.

."Aunt" Sallie Eckert died a cur
able luuatic at the end OF one years
confinement in our Jail. Mrs. Jane
Mcpherson aged % years, has been
there over a year, with no room for
her at Stanton. But there was
abundance of room for Jones, who
was declared insane because he
only took 90 cents worth Of rails
when he should have taken several
panels. We venture to assert that
special application was made IN
this case to cover judicial usuIpa-
ton and ignorance. Now let some
thing be done for Jane Mcpherson
before lack of proper medical treat
ment in the right place shall condne
her in the last cell along side OF
"Aunt Sallie.r
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
MALONE AND CAMPAIGN FUNDS,

Daring the canvass antecedent
to the nominating conventions Tor
presidential candidates in 1884, the
Richmond Wing, was the most yio-
lent anti.Blaine paper IN the |. ).
The Wing, now democratic, was
then General MahOne's personal
property. Blaine was nominated
and the Wing periodically began
to hedge. But for the ylrulence of
General Mahone'S paper the State
OF Virginia would have reversed
the meagre majority Of 1000 for the
democratic ticket, and Blame
would have been president. The
current started by the Wing was
toe strong to be stemmed. Public
sentiment against Blaine had been
made by the Chairman OF the Re
publican party in Virginia, aud he
could not unmake it. He beat
Blaine before nomination. After
nomination he partOok ofthe Blaine
campaign fund instead Of stepping
down and out, as most gentlemen
would have esteemed it proper to
do.
Nov, these being well.known
facts, we would like for this immac-
ulate chairman to renderan account
of the campaign fund OF that year.
If any of 1t went into the Wing for
any purpose, particularly to redress
and reft 1t about that time, let it
be stated. If there we're any re-
spOnses to an assessment OF $1,000
each upon Virginia Republican
members of Congress, or any $500
contributions made by Senators on
request, let it be stated whether
all or any of it went to sustain the
personal property Of General Ma
hone. A man who can depOse so
fiuently and use correspondence
reporting results aud other matters
relating to a canvass made to him
by an appointed canvasser Of a par
ty OF which he was, and is, chair
man, should not find it hard task
TO answer a few inquiries so mod
estly and respectfully put.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
A silly GIh's SIIIY Act.

NEW HAVEN, CONN, Sept. 12.-
Miss Mary Tucker, q girl of nine.
teen, daughter of John s. Tucker,
former State representative, has
married John w. Hanchett, her
fathers colored 'coachman, and dis
appeared with him. Miss Tucker
was allowed as much liberty as any
other girl living in the city, hut
her parents never dreamed OF her
intimacy with Hanchett. Hanchett
persuaded her to color herself with
a liquid prepared by himself, and
which made her look like negress.
The village minister performed the
ceremony, and the couple then
fed. They are beng pursued by
the girls father and some OF his
friends. Mr.. Tucker threatens to
shoot Hanch3it on sight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16

Every time our Democratic friends
attempt to "enlorce' the Riddleber-
ger bill they find themselves handi'
capped by their own folly. They
first piled a mountain OF unconstj-
tutional enactment on the only sat.
isfactory settlement ever made,
and caused the Supreme Court to
decide the whole bill dead. Then
they defantly flew into the face
of the United States Courts and in
trial after trial, made the States
pay costs. The last act, to have
Treasurers and Sheriffs levy in spite
of restraining orders, has ended as
heretofore-the Court has suddenly
stopped them. Now which will
Governor Fitz do-remove the of
flcers or the United States Court 7
State Republican.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16

We design that every democrat
and evers republican in Shenandoah
shall soon read the letter which
Malone put in evidence to sustain
his suit against Riddleberger. The
latter is not ashamed Of the letter.
Let Malone say as much for his
damnable treachery and unscrupu-
lous meanness. The letter admon-
ishes Malone against two vices of
his party management which it
would have been well for him TO
have needed. We hear that quite
a number CT Democrats are getting
or urging copies from the Clerks
Office.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-09-16
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

] man never reels HOW precious
time is until he stops to think what
he night have done in idle hours.
The Kansas Record says that
"many a man has ruined his eye.
sight sitting in bar-room looking
for work."
a call has been issued by over
two hundred lawyers farmers and
ministers OF Virginia for a mass
state convention at Stanton Sep.
TENDER 90, to form a State prohI-
bitiOn party.
Benjamin Cave, a brother.ln-law
ofex. Governor Kemper, of Madison
county, committed suicide at Cul.
pepper last Saturday night about Z
o'clock by taking morphine. No
cause is assigned for the rash act.
The Republicans of Roanoke,
Virginia, have nominated for the
state senate Colonel ID. f. Houston.
He is a native of Pennsylvania and
ten years ago was the Republican
candidate for Congress in the dis
trct so long represented by Sam
uel j. Randall.
Let every man who is a Republ.
can, say so and no more. Be no
mans political chattel. Then the
Republican party can win as it did
IN 1881 and 1886. Republican
principles are strong in Virginia if
not handicapped by unpopular
bossism, as the Democratic party
is under Boss Barbour.
A Lincoln, Neb., young girl was
dressing in her room during a
thunderstorm when her pug dog
ran IN. She clasped it to her bosom
and flash Of lightning instantly
killed it. She was Mortified to find
that an image of her dog had been
photographed on her bosom.
There seems to be no way of remov
ing the picture, which gives every
shade, color and wrinkle of the ca
nine form.
A disease similar to meningitis
has been raging among the horses
in the northern part Of Accomac for
some weeks, and many valuable
horses have died from it. Thus
far 1t has baffled the ingenuity Of
the local horse doctors and sur
geons, and ANIMALS continue to die.
They are taken with something
like the blind staggers, and while
some manage to pull through, the
large majority never recover.
A Michigan veteran, who recent
ly drew a pension of one thousand
dollars, gave his wife three hun.
dred OF it to buy dresses with, and
bought and decided her fve.hun.
dred dollar lot. She showed her
appreciation of all this kindness
by selling the house for FIVE hun.
dred dollars and running off with
another man. 1t is the occurrence
of such cases OF perfidy and ingrat-
itude that takes the gloss off the
morality and civilization of the
present age, and proves that satan
still has a large say in mundane
matters.